Best of Rabindranath Tagore Box Set

by Rabindranath Tagore

This is a special edition of the collection of works by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It showcases some of the best stories and verses written by Tagore in a commemorative edition.

Best Of Rabindranath Tagore (Set Of 5): Gitanjali, My Boyhood Days, The Post Office, The Gardner Mashi And Other Stories contains Gitanjali, his translations of poems originally written in Bengali, the book that earned him the Nobel Prize. It also contains his autobiography, My Childhood Days. These are recollections of his early days when he grew up in colonial India. His reminiscences of the days he spent in Calcutta when it was a growing metropolis, with the streets lit by gas lamps and the traffic consisting mainly of horse-drawn carriages, are enchanting.

The Post Office is a bittersweet tale, of a sick child who longs to see the outside world. When the construction of a post office begi

Genres: Fiction, Classics

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla.

The complete works of Rabindranath Tagore (রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী) in the original Bengali are now available at these third-party websites:
http://www.tagoreweb.in/
http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr....

Reviews

[Ruturaj Yadav · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the collection and the depth and layers within the stories. This being my first book by Rabindranath Tagore, my expectation were a bit higher. But barring a few stories like Kabuliwala and Return of the little master, the stories didn't leave.a long lasting mark. But surely worth a read.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of ok..

[Muskan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good collection of smart short stories. Every story had a moral - like we used to have in stories during school days. Took me back to that time when we would refuse to understand anything unless there is an interesting story related to it - which our teachers or our parents/grandparents would relate to us after we had made a mistake.

The structure of the story, the backdrop, characters, storyline, moral - very well chosen. They were all crisp and interesting. For not Indian audience - it wouldn't be very evident for you to look for morals in it. But we as Indians have heard multiple stories from our grandparents during our childhood days that without even the hint of a moral - we know it definitely has one.

So read these stories with an Indian spirit. No advice for the non-Indian audience because I'm not one and have no clue how you can understand the full potential of the stories.

[DarkFantasyReviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Mother Bought This Book From A Scholastic Book Fair In Our School When I Was A Kid. At That Point Of Time I Was Not Ready To Read This Book But Today I Decided To Read It And Loved Each And Every Story. It Contains 12 Best Short Stories By Tagore. It Has Been Translated In English And Compiled By Jharna Basu. It Contains 88 Pages Of Reading And Was Published By Scholastic In 2005. The Illustrations Are Done By Tapas Guha And They Are Quite Cute.

Each Of The Stories Are So Good, Emotional, And Meaningful. There Are 2 Stories That Really Captured My Heart. The First One Is "Kabuliwala" A Very Heart-Touching And Emotional Story. The Second Story Which I Really Liked Is "Wish Fulfilment". This Story Really Taught Me That We Should Live In The Present And Be Happy With Whatever We Have At Present. Overall It Was A Good Read.😊🙏💫

[Priyanka · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a collection of 12 short stories. Some of them are a decent read but some felt childish. He always made a point to specify the characters are Brahmans especially when they are rich, educated or have high intelligence. That felt discriminatory towards other castes.
Also I know the time period at which it was written child marriage was quite common but I still felt uncomfortable reading about 11 year old girls getting married.
All in all it wasn't worth the time.

[Ramaswamy Raman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful though few, short stories by the great nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. All Stories are a study of human nature and makes one think about oneself from within.
The writing very simple for anyone from any age group to read and enjoy.

[Bristi Choudhury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant Collection

The stories and the poems by the Legend is a must read. The feel of emotions, the pain of loss, the curiosity and the mystery, is wonderfully described by Shri Tagore.

[Lolpol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Akshita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tagore is the BEST !!! Noone can write like him, and never will , fight me.

[Urvashi Yadav · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories in the starting were good
Then... Ehh....

[jamie]

purchased in taiwan

[Vipin Baswan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Most stories are underwhelming, left me expecting more. Good ones are Kabuliwala, The Parrot's Training, Return of the Little master.

[Ira Therebel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really expected to like this book more than I did. Recently I discovered a wonderful TV series from India based on Tagore's short stories. I loved each one of them and wanted to read it.
This collection is pretty small and only includes one of the stories I saw on TV. There are several that I loved. They gave me the same feeling and a wish to sit back and think a bit as the ones on the show. And yet others seemed very dull and I couldn't get into them. I am not sure if there was the problem with the stories, translation or if without visual help me as a person who is n ot of that culture had trouble getting into it.
Still worth 3 stars that represent that I liked it.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tagore. I don't think I need to write review of his books.

[Sarthak · Rating 5 out of 5]

a good book]

[Nutan]

very good

[Carlos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Underwhelmed by the first few stories.. might give it a try later.